Noida: Putting an end to the long wait of fans, Gautam Singh’s first Bollywood feature film is all set to hit the theatre today. The film is inspired by the true story of his own village in Jharkhand.

“Gaon” is interestingly conceptualised satire that nudges us to understand civilisation and progress. It attempts to showcase, in a nutshell, the journey of our country and answers the question, when one rants, “Vikas apnaane mein nuksan kya hai?” (what is wrong in accepting development)

It is a feeling of community that runs through the movie. While you may wonder if such a concept of harmonious living ever existed, it may interest you to know that the director took inspiration from his own village in Jharkhand for this project. Once, in this remote and isolated community, villagers coexisted like members of a large extended family where they maintained a unique way of life—mellow and harmonious, celebratory and united,” he says.

However, the influx of money and structures completely succeeded in killing this feeling of community. “With the passage of time, government and private agencies made inroads into this simple community, throwing open the floodgates of drastic change which would come to erode the very fabric of village society. With the arrival of new institutions such as government schools, a police force, and a banking system, money began pouring in. The village began to change,” he says.

The fabric of not only his village but numerous villages across the country has been altered thanks to this change. This is the focus of the film as well. “Regrettably, so many villages across India share the same story of erosion. GAON is the story of two India’s, completely indifferent to each other but living side by side to co-exist,” he says.

Gautam confesses that some of his characters too are based on people from his own village. “The story is indeed inspired by true events of my own village – Asaria in Jharkhand.

Most of the characters in the film – the mad scientist living on the mountain, Vaidji (the spiritual doctor and leader), Mangla (the muscle man), Sango and even Bharat are the real people from my village. I have just fictionalised certain events to make them more interesting and acceptable for the wider audience.

Watch Movie Trailer-

Main Casts

Gopal K Singh as Vaidji

Gopal is known for his works in Bollywood films like Budha in the traffic Jam, Page3, Ek Hasina thi, Traffic Signal, Culcutta Mail, Company, Bardast, Hate Story, Lethal Commission, Darna Jaroori Hai, Mumbai Mirror, Jail and many more

Neha Mahajan as Sango

Neha has played lead role several well-known films such as Midnight’s Children (2012), Coffee Ani Barach Kahi (2015), Youth (2016), TTMM (2017) etc.

Rohit Pathak as Mangla

Rohit Pathak is an actor, known for Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010), Mithya (2008) and Jannat 2 (2012).